You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving

"You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" is a song written by Dickey Lee and Kerry Chater, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in January 1983 as the third single from the album Unlimited. "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" was Reba McEntire's second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.^[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	5

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 225.
↑ "Reba McEntire – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Reba McEntire.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "American Made" by The Oak Ridge Boys	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single April 30, 1983	Succeeded by "José Cuervo" by Shelly West

Reba McEntire 1970s–1980s singles

Reba McEntire	"I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand" "(There's Nothing Like the Love) Between a Woman and a Man" "Glad I Waited Just for You" "I've Waited All My Life for You"

Out of a Dream	"Last Night, Ev'ry Night" "Runaway Heart" "That Makes Two of Us" (with Jacky Ward) "Sweet Dreams" "(I Still Long to Hold You) Now and Then"

Feel the Fire	"(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" "I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way"

Heart to Heart	"Today All Over Again" "Only You (And You Alone)"

Unlimited	"I'm Not That Lonely Yet" "Can't Even Get the Blues" "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving"

Behind the Scene	"Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" "There Ain't No Future in This"

Just a Little Love	"Just a Little Love" "He Broke Your Memory Last Night"

My Kind of Country	"How Blue" "Somebody Should Leave"

Have I Got a Deal for You	"Have I Got a Deal for You" "Only in My Mind"

Whoever's in New England	"Whoever's in New England" "Little Rock"

What Am I Gonna Do About You	"What Am I Gonna Do About You" "Let the Music Lift You Up" "One Promise Too Late"

The Last One to Know	"The Last One to Know" "Love Will Find Its Way to You"

Reba	"Sunday Kind of Love" "I Know How He Feels" "New Fool at an Old Game"

Sweet Sixteen	"Cathy's Clown" "'Til Love Comes Again" "Little Girl"

Guest singles	"Three Sheets to the Wind"/"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (with Jacky Ward) "Mind Your Own Business" (with Hank Williams, Jr. et al.)

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